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    The Music Instrument of ‘Angklung’ In general‚ traditional performing arts have three main genres. First are the music or songs or melodies and its musical instruments. Second is dancing or a variety of body movements or gestures and the third is theatre; a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place and the performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations

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    The graph above shows the number of deaths caused by the 2004 Tsunami and the number of people missing as a result of the Tsunami in all of the twelve e countries affected. Indonesia was affected badly as some areas of the country such as Western Sumatra are close to the earthquakes epicentre and it is a well-populated area‚ up to 70% of some coastal populations were killed or missing and up to 400‚000 people

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    The end of World War 2 left Southeast Asia in an interesting albeit complex period. The once mighty European colonial empires started to crumble‚ having exhausted their fiscal resources and capacities in fighting the war. With decolonization‚ some countries like Indonesia declared independence‚ while other countries were left in a state of anomie‚ with the already existent internal turmoil such as segregated and suppressed ethnic groups and unstable democracy . The region undeniably saw the rise

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    Strategic Analysis of the Indonesian Truck Operations Market July 2013 Final Report © 2013 © July 2013 Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan has relied on desk research and secondary data sources as well as its understanding of the industry in compiling this short industry report. These have not been independently verified by Frost & Sullivan. Projections‚ estimates‚ and other forward-looking statements contained in this section and throughout the document are inherently uncertain

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    Immigrants in Singapore

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    China as the people were trying to overthrow the corrupted Qing government‚ resulting in many Chinese seeking protection and safety outside China. On the coastal areas in the Malay Archipelago‚ pirate attacks were frequents; in war-torn areas in Sumatra‚ Java and Malaya‚ life was extremely unsafe‚ which was why many Malays were "pushed" to leave their homeland. Therefore‚ the first reason why immigrants came to early Singapore was because of push factors such as famines and droughts as well as natural

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    Have you ever wondered what has to happen to make the Earth quake? British engineer John Michell did. He was one of the first fathers of seismology and was also the first to correctly state what the cause of earthquakes was. In 1960‚ Michell noted that “earthquakes and the waves of energy that they make are caused by shifting masses of rock‚ miles below the surface” in a scientific memoir (USGS‚ 32). In order for you to completely understand the process of an earthquake you must first understand

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    The Philippine Tarsier IJsselstein‚ Friday‚ 18 May 2001 (updated: Saturday‚ 24 April 2004) The Philippine tarsier‚ (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates‚ no larger than a adult men’s hand. Mostly active at night‚ it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal‚ but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar‚ Leyte‚ Bohol‚ and Mindanao

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    called Bahasa Melayu "Malay language"‚ and in Indonesia it is generally called Bahasa Indonesia‚ "Indonesian language"‚ though Bahasa Nasional "National Language" and Bahasa Persatuan/Pemersatu "Unifying Language" are also heard. However‚ in areas of Sumatra and Riau where the language is indigenous‚ Indonesians refer to it as Bahasa Melayu.The use of Malay throughout insular and peninsular Southeast Asia is linked to the rise of Muslim kingdoms and the spread of Islam‚ itself a consequence of growing

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    Man and Environment

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    The relationship between humans and environment has varied from the early periods of human settlement on the earth to the present day. The relationship between environment and human beings has also being varying from place to place at any given period of time. For example‚ early humans considered the environment to be dominant. They were afraid of lightning and thunder‚ dense forests‚ wild animals‚ vast oceans and large rivers‚ to name a few. The environment has considerably affected human beings

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    INTRODUCTION Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts‚ military vessels‚ cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards‚ which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably‚ in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles. Countries with large shipbuilding

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